38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Oil spills have disastrous effects the ecosystem/environment on the environment and ecosystem. The objective of this project is to test the effectiveness of several agents,…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to find the most efficient ratio of magnetite to oil that will remove oil from saltwater. Methods/Materials We tested magnetite to oil ra…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to explore the possibility of extracting more power, and extending the life of single use batteries that are considered dead, and altimately…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals This year, I focused on eliminating heavy pathogen from contaminated water, using methods besides boiling, which is inefficient and harms our environment. The overall theory…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The point of my project was to see if I could use bacteria, specifically chemosynthetic bacteria, as a replacement for absorbing carbon dioxide instead of plants. Plants use…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In my experiment, I set out to find the most efficient way of removing nitrogenous waste from an ecosystem. Methods/Materials I set up 7 jars: the first was a control, with…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to desalinate three different types of salt water by thermal distillation, in order to create fresh water and dry salt as the end products.…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Global warming is one of the world#s greatest challenges and it is clear that reducing emissions will not stop the global warming process. Removing CO2 from the atmosphere i…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether different geometric shapes will reduce evaporation better than shade balls (sphere) while at the same time reducing cost. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Build a Smart Flood Sensor device that can be used in a network of flow sensors in a city's drainage system to collect, analyze, and predict rain and storm water flow data.…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals With the water crisis in California and other places in the world, I started this project with a goal to develop a low cost smart irrigation controller able to significantly…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Fresh water is a limited but important source that we depend on to live. However, 50% of outdoor water usage is wasted due to inefficient watering systems. Due to these alar…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if salt water can be turned into fresh water using only the power of the sun and if certain surface materials are more effective than others. M…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine how the color of the bottom of a solar powered desalination device affects its efficiency. Methods/Materials Tested and comp…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to determine if recycled water grew squash fruit in higher quantities and in higher quality than tap water. Methods/Materials Materials 1.18…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of these tests were to determine if a particular type of bioremediation agent (enzyme additive) at the right concentration could effectively reduce toxins in s…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This project explores the role of cereal grain crops in riparian restoration design as part of a four year examination of nitrate runoff resulting from fertilizer use. Last…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effect of the addition of acetic and nitric acid to two natural dyes, raspberry and azalea, on the electrical output of a…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project is to determine at which level of vertical gardening the water run-off becomes the most contaminated and is recycle the water an affec…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Crystal violet is an organic dye that is a serious, yet untreated pollutant in wastewater. Photocatalysis, the acceleration of a reaction involving light through a catalyst,…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine what additives could potentially make saturated soil stronger. Methods/Materials We cut 3-inch diameter PVC pipes into 2-foot…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Every year, over two trillion pounds of CO2 are emitted from cars and trucks globally. The goal of our innovation is to reduce CO2 by half through air filtration of the exha…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This project's main goal ways to help deal with California's drought by finding ways for homeowners and farmers to use water for growing plants more efficiently. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To explore methods to reduce/remove the presence of hexavalent chromium in drinking water through use of steel wool filtration and chemical precipitation using ferrous sulfa…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to isolate the best detachable dual mode toilet tank apparatus design (out of the two constructed apparatuses) based on its efficiency,…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Biogas represents a promising alternative fuel to combat our increasing dependency on fossil fuels and rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. For my project, I sought to des…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The object of this study was to determine whether environmentally friendly hydrogel mixed with soil would retain water, decrease water usage and reduce drought stress on Lim…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In 2015, California experienced the worst drought in history and reservoirs have been highly affected by it. Water levels in reservoirs slowly decreased, but there is a solu…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Less water will be required to grow plants in a healthy environment using an aquaponics farming method compared to a traditional soil farming method. If I grow tomato and le…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if Bioplastic could be used in food preservation as an alternative to petroleum based packaging (polyethylene terephthalate). I tested for the biodegrad…